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Simply Good News - A Different Kind of King
Simply Good News - A Different Kind of King
by SPCK - N T Wright
A Different Kind of King That is why, throughout Jesus’s public career, he talked about the good news of God’s kingdom, redefining the idea of God’s kingdom as he went along. God was coming back to take charge, he said. But it didn’t look like what people had imagined…
Simply Good News - Foolish, Scandalous or Good
Simply Good News - Foolish, Scandalous or Good
by SPCK - N T Wright
2 Foolish, Scandalous or Good? The man was a Jew, born and bred in what is now south-eastern Turkey. He was called Saul, a Hebrew name that, in his Jewish culture, had ancient royal associations. In Greek, however (Greek was the standard language around the Mediterranean world, l…
Simply Good News - The King's Herald
Simply Good News - The King's Herald
by SPCK - N T Wright
2 part b The King’s Herald So what was he talking about in Thessalonica and several other cities in the middle of the first century? In what sense was he bringing good news? What did he think had happened that made an all-important difference to the world?…
Simply Good News - The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism
Simply Good News - The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism
by SPCK - N T Wright
The Competing Gospels of Rationalism and Romanticism The second problem has infected both the church and the world for the last two or three hundred years at least. Again, this is not the place to explain how all the complicated ideas in modern European and American thought came …
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Philosophical Schools
PAUL AND THE FAITHFULNESS OF GOD - The Philosophical Schools
by SPCK - N T Wright
3. Athene and Her Owl: the Wisdom of the Greeks (vi) The Philosophical Schools Our brief survey has uncovered several features of considerable importance as we approach the task of placing Paul within the world into which he was called to go with the news of a different Lord. As …
Times and Seasons - God’s love from heaven to earth comes down
Times and Seasons - God’s love from heaven to earth comes down
by Jan Berry
God’s love from heaven to earth comes down in cattle-shed and crowded town; in all the pain and risk of birth God shares our human life on earth: And so with hope and joy we sing, God is with us! Good news we bring. Verses 2-3 follow ©Jan Berry Tune: Sussex Carol
Bible Study
Bible Study
by Andy Lindley
A group holding a bible - TIP- PowerPoint Slide Size- The ideal way to insert into PowerPoint is:- Reduce the image size to 1024x768 pixels using your image editing software. (Will reduce image proportionally) Insert as Picture in the normal way. If needed fill the slide area by …
GOD's rich Pattern - A devastating moment
GOD's rich Pattern - A devastating moment
by SPCK - Dr Lin Berwick
A devastating moment One morning I awoke to hear Ralph making some very strange noises, squealing and screeching sounds, and a noise from his mouth as though he were blowing bubbles. He couldn’t speak to me and he couldn’t move. My first thought was that he may have had a stroke.…
Maker of Life and Lord of Lords
Maker of Life and Lord of Lords
by Andrew T Murphy
A hymn about grace, atonement and discipleship. The hymn would be ideal for Lent or Passiontide, and has a traditional style and metre for use by most congregations. A suggested tune is 'Abridge (St Stephen)' [CM], although there are plenty of others.
The Lion's World - 1 - The Point of Narnia The Lion's World
The Lion's World - 1 - The Point of Narnia The Lion's World
by SPCK - Rowan Williams
The point of Narnia The Lion’s World A middle-aged bachelor teaching English Literature at Oxford proposes to publish a children’s fantasy: in most publishers’ offices, it is a proposal destined for the wastepaper basket. Yet no one could deny the extraordinary and continuing app…
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Disturbing Prophecies
Acts for Everyone Part 2 - Disturbing Prophecies
by SPCK - N T Wright
Disturbing Prophecies Acts 21.1-14 I was in Canada in 1983 when, on a flight over the Pacific, a Korean airliner was intercepted and shot down by Soviet jets. All on board, needless to say, were killed. There was a long argument subsequently over why the plane was where it was an…
Reflection: Samaritan believers
Reflection: Samaritan believers
by Marjorie Dobson
Reflection: Samaritan believers …? It must have been a shock, hearing that Samaritans had accepted the word of God. They were the ancient enemies. Their territory was treated as a foreign land. The dispute between their two factions had been bitter and long-standing. There was do…
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and John the Baptist
Matthew for Everyone Part 1 - Jesus and John the Baptist
by SPCK - N T Wright
Jesus and John the Baptist Matthew 11.1-6 We had rehearsed the show for weeks, and reckoned we had it pretty well sorted out. We were a bunch of enthusiastic amateurs, but we were quite pleased with our singing, acting and dancing. The show was going to be good, funny and excitin…
Revelation bible study guide - Letters to Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea